Cathedral ceiling it is (didn’t look that way when we saw Dad’s house from outside, though). Rarely have I seen one of Lio’s projects end up such a monumental flop.
Oh wow, I think lots of we adventurous kids did something like that. My best stilts were a pair of 12 foot 2×4′s with the wood wedge and strips of garden hose to act as a stirrup. Took a tall ladder to start from. Was lots of fun – except for falling “al la” Lio. It was actually kind of easy to get around.
In engineering, we learn a whole_lot_more from failures than from successes.Build one, break it, build the next one having learned lessons from that.NASA and many publicly-visible projects have forgotten that.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
The best laid plans…
rayannina almost 13 years ago
FAIL!
Ida No almost 13 years ago
Face plant. Although, considering Lio, you’d think that would involve a real plant. Maybe next time.
Digital Frog almost 13 years ago
Dad’s thinking….MMmm, some Stilton cheese and grapes…
Sisyphos almost 13 years ago
Cathedral ceiling it is (didn’t look that way when we saw Dad’s house from outside, though). Rarely have I seen one of Lio’s projects end up such a monumental flop.
lou_lou almost 13 years ago
Oh, it’s the little things that stump Lio.
zero almost 13 years ago
Lio will build a bonfire from those stilts & rise from the ashes…
cdward almost 13 years ago
Sometimes you get the stilts, sometimes the stilts get you.
bradw789 almost 13 years ago
Karma, from yesterday…
freeholder1 almost 13 years ago
Amen, willie. ;-)
lohaces almost 13 years ago
We engineers have to be tough for when our dreams get smacked by reality…
Comicsexpert almost 13 years ago
Failure is part of any scientific process
billdi Premium Member almost 13 years ago
“i’m ok! I meant to do it,” he said somewhat stiltedly.
TraceyMagrann almost 13 years ago
Why did he need plans for these stilts? They are two planks of wood with a piece for the feet!
Busy_Bee almost 13 years ago
Oh wow, I think lots of we adventurous kids did something like that. My best stilts were a pair of 12 foot 2×4′s with the wood wedge and strips of garden hose to act as a stirrup. Took a tall ladder to start from. Was lots of fun – except for falling “al la” Lio. It was actually kind of easy to get around.
Sherlock Watson almost 13 years ago
So remember, kids, always tape a bicycle horn to your face so it’ll sound funny when you fall down.
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“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” (W.C. Fields)
fmasroor almost 13 years ago
Thank goodness Cybil didn’t get his paws on that.
BugDad almost 13 years ago
Look at his hands. Lio rode it down. Did not bail. Way to stick with it.
pbarnrob almost 13 years ago
In engineering, we learn a whole_lot_more from failures than from successes.Build one, break it, build the next one having learned lessons from that.NASA and many publicly-visible projects have forgotten that.